“Sometimes just changing things gets guys going,’’ Babcock said. “Other times they just dig in. Sometimes they get mad at you. It doesn’t matter to me, I just want to win.

“So we kept it the same today, and we’ll see what happens tomorrow.’’

The Red Wings, winners of four in a row during a six-game homestand, host the Minnesota Wild on Friday (7:30 p.m., FSD).

Babcock said that while he might not stick with those combinations, he’s definitely keeping Datsyuk and Zetterberg on separate power-play units.

“All I know for sure is that 13 and 40 aren’t on the power play together. Because it isn’t working that way,’’ Babcock said. “I want our power play to work harder than it has been. I want it to have more urgency.’’

The Red Wings scored two late power-play goals with the unit of Datsyuk-Holmstrom-Franzen. It marked the first time this season the club has scored multiple power-play goals in game.

Babcock said the best power-play unit on Wednesday features Filppula, Cleary and Hudler.

It’s nice having a lot of options.

On defense, Nicklas Lidstrom did not practice. Babcock said he gave him a “40-year-old’s day off,’’ similar to Modano’s off-day on Monday. Lidstrom will play Friday, and the defense pairs are expected to be the same:

Lidstrom-StuartEricsson-RafalskiKronwall-Salei

Howard will make his eighth consecutive start in goal.

Chris Osgood said he hopes to resume practicing on Saturday, after experiencing a minor setback this week. He tweaked his groin while going down to make saves before a practice.

Osgood said he is not concerned that this could linger for a while. He still hopes to be ready to play next week.

“I didn’t wait long enough, thinking it was all right,’’ Osgood said. “It was probably a mistake doing that, I started taking shots and tweaked it a bit.

“Even being off a couple of days it feels really good. Just got to wait until it’s completely healed so I have no issues with it.’’